Measurement of the lifetime of the Bc+ meson using the Bc+→J/ψπ+ decay mode
The difference in total widths between the B+ c and B+ mesons is measured using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb−1 collected by the LHCb experiment in 7 and 8 TeV centre-of-mass energy proton-proton collisions at the LHC. Through the study of the time evolution of B+...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/185661 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/185661 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Hadrons Gran Col·lisionador d'Hadrons Física de partícules Experiments Large Hadron Collider (France and Switzerland) Particle physics |
| Sumario: | The difference in total widths between the B+ c and B+ mesons is measured using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 3.0 fb−1 collected by the LHCb experiment in 7 and 8 TeV centre-of-mass energy proton-proton collisions at the LHC. Through the study of the time evolution of B+ c → J/ψπ+ and B+ → J/ψK+ decays, the width difference is measured to be ≡ B+ c − B+ = 4.46 ± 0.14 ± 0.07 mm−1 c, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second systematic. The known lifetime of the B+ meson is used to convert this to a precise measurement of the B+ c lifetime, τB+ c = 513.4 ± 11.0 ± 5.7 fs, where the first uncertainty is statistical and the second is systematic. |
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